Bridle for a riding animal, particularly for a riding horse

Abstract

A bridle for a riding animal, particularly for a riding horse, includes at least one martingale, which is guided below the neck of the riding animal and is fastened on a girth. The fastening of the martingale takes place by way, of at least one pull-latch lock, which includes a lock body fixedly arranged on the girth and a tie rod, which can be removed from the same by way of the action of a transverse force and is in operative connection with the martingale. Falls due to the entanglement preferably of forelegs and martingales of the bridle can be prevented when using this bridle.

Claims

1. A bridle for a riding animal, comprising: a girth; and at least one martingale guided below a neck of the riding animal and connected to the girth, wherein the martingale is fastened by at least one pull-latch lock, the at least one pull-latch lock comprising: a lock body fixedly mounted on the girth; and a tie rod, to which the at least one martingale is operatively connected, wherein the tie rod is configured to be removed from the lock body only by a transverse force exerted on the at least one martingale, wherein a sole pulling force exerted along a plane of the at least one martingale keeps the tie rod connected to the lock body.

2. The bridle according to claim 1, wherein the lock body has an undercut for a section of the tie rod.

3. The bridle according to claim 2, wherein the tie rod has a projection which can protrude into the undercut.

4. The bridle according to claim 3, wherein the at least one pull-latch lock comprises a spring-loaded hold-down device fastened to the girth and configured to push the protruding projection of the tie rod inside the undercut of the lock body.

5. The bridle according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pull-latch lock is manufactured from metal.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) An exemplary embodiment of the invention, from which further features of the invention arise, is illustrated in the drawing. In the figures:

(2) FIG. 1: shows a side view of a riding horse with the bridle according to the invention,

(3) FIG. 2: shows a side view of a component of the bridle according to FIG. 1,

(4) FIG. 3: shows a side view of a detail of the bridle according to FIG. 2 on an enlarged scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(5) The riding animal shown in FIG. 1 is a horse 1. The horse 1 carries a riding saddle 2 on the bridle illustrated, to which saddle a girth 3 is assigned. The girth 3 is guided under the abdomen of the horse 1.

(6) Martingales are indicated with the arrows 4, 5, 6. These can be used for example for guiding the horse 1. Each martingale is connected to the girth 3 by means of a pull-latch lock attached on the girth 3.

(7) The pull-latch lock is not shown in FIG. 1, but it should open if one of the forelegs 7 of the riding horse 1 steps into one of the martingales indicated by the arrows 4, 5, 6. In this case, a martingale is deflected downwards and a transverse force occurs. This transverse force is indicated in FIG. 3 with the arrow 8.

(8) FIG. 2 shows the girth 3. This widens in the abdomen bearing region of the horse 1 and carries the pull-latch lock 9 in this region. Martingales are not shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3.

(9) The pull-latch lock 9 comprises a lock body 10 fixedly arranged on the girth 3. A tie rod, which is not shown in FIG. 2, can come into operative connection with this lock body 10 and the tie rod 13 is connected to the martingale in this case. FIG. 2 shows that a hold-down device 11 is assigned to the lock body 10. The hold-down device 11 has a tongue design and is also fixedly fastened on the girth 3.

(10) The lock body 10 is arranged bottommost in FIG. 3. It has an undercut 12, which is constructed as a depression. The tie rod 13 can protrude into this undercut 12 by way of a projection 14. Normally, in the case of pulling forces only occurring along arrow 15, the hold-down device 11 pushes the projection 14 down into the undercut 12. However, a transverse force along arrow 8 occurs in FIG. 3 and this lifts the tie rod 13 out and therefore detaches the martingale from the girth 3.

(11) All of the features mentioned in the preceding description and in the claims can be combined in any desired selection with the features of the independent claim. The disclosure of the invention is therefore not limited to the described or claimed feature combinations, rather all sensible feature combinations in the context of the invention are to be considered as disclosed.